SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

589 residents · 2+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
81.2%
478 people
Growth since last census
0.0%
vs previous census
In context
3.46× Western Australia avg
2.98× national avg
Population
589
CALD residents
478
Languages spoken
2
Fastest-growing
0%
Narrative

Why this matters

Cocos (Keeling) Islands is home to 589 residents. 81.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 478 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Cocos (Keeling) Islands into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Malay363 · 61.6%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Spanish6 · 1.0%
    0.0%
    Composition

    Everyone at home

    ENGLISH · 19%
    MAL
    OTHER
    ENGLISH ONLY 18.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 81.2%
    Malay
    363 · 0.0%
    Spanish
    SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
    1. 01
      Malay363 · 61.6%
      0.0%
    2. 02
      Spanish6 · 1.0%
      0.0%
    Momentum

    Fastest-growing languages

    Top movers since the last census

    #1
    Language
    Malay
    0.0%
    363 speakers · 61.6% of LGA
    #2
    Language
    Spanish
    0.0%
    6 speakers · 1.0% of LGA
    Sub-regions

    Suburb-level data

    Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

    Use this data

    Commission a gap report for Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

    We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.